The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-10
Second Comp roller Maynard, i
disalloWiDg the claim of ]. B. Selby,
FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION

| FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION
for services rendered as pension agent
at Milwaukee, Wis, from August
LIST, 1863, to June Both, 1866, lays
down the general principle that under
the law, the maximum limit of COM
pensation to pension agents is 81 600 per
per year, and that the allowance over
that amount provided in the act of
June 80, 1864, to wit: $500 10 agents dis
bursting over $4,000 annually; and
$3.50 for each additional $50 COO dis
burSed apnlies only to clerk hire, rent
and other necessary expenses.
The fresluent to-day directed the
removal of James D. Bowie, collector of
customs at Petersburg, Va, and John
MenshaW, sup rYising inspector of
which included Atlantic Coast from
Cape Charles, Va, TO the extreme
end of Florida. The latter has twice
been suspended from Office and then
restored to duty, because of failure of
the Senate to act on the nomination of
his successor. In making these re-
moVals the President has taken advan-
tage for the first time of the repeal of
the tenure of Office act. Although
SECRETARY MANN1NG's RESIGNATION
does not take effect until the 1st proxi-
mo- he virtually severed his connection
with the Department this afternoon. In
accordance with his expressed wish,
there was no 70 nal leavetaking; but
very few officials who knew OF his con-
templated departure, improved The OPP
portunity to call and say, Good bye. |"
He was presented with a handsome
floral design by the messengers at
tached to his Office.
Mr. Manning will leave Washington
tomorrow tor short visit to New York
and Albany prior to his departure for
Europe. He is suffering from a severe
cold, but otherwise his health shows no
impairment since his return to duty.
Acting Secretary Fairchild is still re-
garued as his most likely successor.
Democratic members of Congress and
others who have access to the President
and means of knowledge of the SUBJ
ject, do not believe that there Is any
POSSIBILITY OF AN EXTRA SESSION
of Congress now. The present impress
sion, gathered by the star reporter from
a conversation with the members of
Congress, is that the Fiftieth Congress
will be called together in the fall, per-
haps in October, in order that some i'm
portant legislation before it may be
matured early. 1t is well-known fact
that Congress scarcely ever does any
business until after the holiday recess.
In view of the fact that the questions
of revenue and taxation, Notifications
and others of great public interest, must
receive attention at the next session, it
is thought that the President will call
A SESSION TO BEGIN IN THE FALL,
and that it will run along into the reg
ular session. Mr.. O'Neill, chairman of
the House labor committee, said to-day
that he was greatly dissatisfied with
the result of the sessions work. As
the result of two years hard work we
have practically accomplished nothing
OF value in the interest of labor. Two
important bulls that we were working
on-that to prohibit the importation OF
alien contract labor, and the labor
arbitration bill, which got through both
houses, have tailed of the signature of
the President. l do not know whether
they got to him in time or not, but GER
talnly they are lost.
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
is informed that many trade dollars pre-
sented for redemption at New York
have been split and filed so carefully
as to almost defy detection.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL GREELT
to-day received a commission cas- chief
signal officer, to succeed Hazen.